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Cranberries, a Gravy Boat, and a Pear

We need to have a talk about Cranberry sauce. 

Photo by Rasa Kasparaviciene on Unsplash

It's easily one of my most favorite sweet sides when I have a savory main dish. Besides the most well known Turkey-Cranberry combo, there's:

  • Chicken and Cranberry

  • Ham and cranberry

  • Pork and cranberry. It might sound like a weird combo at first, but remember that pineapple and pork go well together

  • Cranberry sauce in a sandwich. The Monte Cristo (the king of sandwiches) comes to mind

Next up is the big debate; jellied or whole berry? I like them both, but I lean towards jellied, because I think it looks so pretty in slices on a plate.

A cold slightly derailed my progress on Turkey Bay, but I've still got some progress to share:


The gravy boat is done! Stitching the gravy boat handle was so much fun. That new pumpkin on the right is adorable, isn't it? Those orange swathes above the right hand side of the boat are flower petals.  The curly green thing next to the gravy boat handle is a flower stem.

Moving on to Red Alphabet Sampler, the letters "O" and "P" are done!


P for pear. I loved designing that tiny pear.

In my last post, I dropped some heavy hints about the latest chart I’m designing. Well, here’s the grand reveal! Drum roll please…


Introducing, Irish Wedding Sampler. I incorporated a lot of the motifs from my other Irish-inspired charts, and added some space for initials. The Claddagh in the center looks a bit different from my other charts. It took me quite a while to design that Claddagh. Each time I tried to make the hands look normal, they ended up looking like crab claws. How does that even happen? Thankfully, I managed to make the hands look like hands! The link to the digital download PDF chart is here.

Odds & Ends

Here are the links to the charts that I mentioned in this post:

Turkey Bay by Plum Street Samplers

Red Alphabet Sampler by EmnEllie

Happy Stitching!



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